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These forms contain a variety of financial and other information related to the operations of the filing organizations.  \nWe file our Form 990 for each year by the deadline in mid-November of the following year. Our Form 990 for 2024 contains data and information as of the end of the 2024 calendar year. In accordance with federal regulations, we also publish a copy of each Form 990 we file on our website within 60 days of the filing date. You can find copies of each of the Form 990s we have filed, including our Form 990 for 2024, on our website here.  \nWe have prepared this introduction to our Form 990 for 2024 to highlight and further explain some of the key data points reported for 2024. Our hope is that this introduction will help readers better understand the data reported in our Form 990—in particular, the data related to the following topics:  \n• Royalties Pending Distribution – Each Form 990 contains data regarding the pending royalties that we were holding as of the end of the covered year. Our Form 990 for 2024 breaks down the total amount of royalties we were holding pending distribution at the end of 2024 into several categories. This introduction explains each of these categories of pending royalties and provides additional information about the total amount of royalties we had distributed as of the end of 2024.  \n• Held Funds – Each Form 990 contains data regarding the funds we were holding in banks and investments as of the beginning and end of the covered year. This introduction provides additional details regarding these held funds.  \nFor readers interested in more up-to-date information about the amount of royalties we have distributed and are still holding pending distribution, there are several other documents we publish that we recommend you reference.  \nFirst, we provide a detailed breakdown of all of our royalty distributions in our Annual Reports, which we publish each year in June. Our most recent Annual Report for 2024 (published in June 2025) contains data for royalties distributed and royalties pending distribution through our March 2025 distribution, providing more recent royalty data than our Form 990 for 2024. Copies of our 2024 Annual Report, as well as our previous Annual Reports, can be found on our website here.  \nSecond, our monthly Member newsletters summarize each royalty distribution in detail, including the total amounts of royalties we processed, distributed, and are still holding pending distribution. These newsletters are published shortly after each distribution, making them the most current source of information. Copies of every Member newsletter we have published to date, including the most recent from December 2025, can be found on our website here.  \nThird, our Blanket Royalties Dashboard offers a clear, up-to-date view of the status of all of the blanket mechanical royalties that have been reported to us by digital service providers (DSPs) operating under the blanket license we administer, including breakdowns of amounts matched versus unmatched, royalties covered by voluntary licenses versus royalties collected by The MLC, and royalties distributed versus royalties held. The dashboard contains cumulative data for all initial blanket usage reported to us since we began full operations in January 2021. To view the Blanket Royalties Dashboard, click here.  \nFourth, our Historical Royalties Dashboard offers a clear, up-to-date view of historical unmatched royalties transferred to us by DSPs, including breakdowns of amounts transferred and distributed by Phonorecord rate period and by DSP. To view the Historical Royalties Dashboard, click her","cbCaimYxrDxLB7kD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimYxrDxLB7kD","pdf",505440,"English","# Introduction to The MLC’s Form 990 For 2024\n## Overview\n## Royalties Pending Distribution\n## Held Funds\n## Additional Reference Documents\n## Cumulative Metrics for Blanket Royalty Distributions (as of December 2024)","[{\"question\":\"Why does The MLC file a Form 990 each year?\",\"answer\":\"As a tax-exempt nonprofit, The MLC is required to file Form 990 with the IRS annually, reporting financial and operational information.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Form 990 for 2024 say about royalties pending distribution?\",\"answer\":\"It breaks down royalties pending distribution held as of the end of 2024 into multiple categories and provides related totals and context.\"},{\"question\":\"Where can readers find more up-to-date royalty distribution information than the 2024 Form 990?\",\"answer\":\"Readers can consult the 2024 Annual Report, monthly member newsletters, the Blanket Royalties Dashboard, and the Historical Royalties Dashboard.\"}]","The MLC’s Form 990 For 2024 - Introduction | PDF",1789785347]